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Who decides what we spend our wealth on?
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People elect leaders, these leaders are then lobbied by institutions, then decisions are made.
It can explain the all eggs-in-one basket mentality that we can often see, and what i think Carl might be alluding to here.
What happened to climate change? wow that disappeared quickly... did we ever hear a public balanced debate from the skeptics? shhh "shouldn't we atleast try something either way?"
hang on, thats not a scientific opinion... that's an argument that appeals to fear.
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Engineering innovations depend on mathematics and science.
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I'd be leaning towards experimentation of empirical physics being the dependance, not mathematical theoretics.
Tesla, Faraday.... all played with wood n wire, not invisible ink or dark crayon... mathematics came
after this experimentation... yes engineering can be developed on the mathematics after this... i guess there is a mix there, as you mention rob...
A key combination of the two above points here ((1) eggs in 1 basket, (2) research based on abstract theoretical math, not engineering) is the current state of funding for fusion research, or gravity wave research. (Tokamak, LIGO, Grav B, and now $4B LISA)
simply fruitless
I understand your points carl, i think we should somehow look to setup a framework to guarantee funding into alternatives... how this won't be perverted by consensus special interest groups is a tricky one... Why not put of your spend 10% into alternatives?
http://www.cosmologystatement.org/
I also agree with including engineers more so in the design of experiments. The doors are
gradually opening here.
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Where money is wasted, complaints will be made.
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These are often silenced by the consensus special interest institutions, who already have secured the largest lobbying voice from past funding... kind of an insulating cycle there.
End of the day, I suspect some revolutionary ideas will generally come from outside the consensus shell (as would be naturally expected if science in increasingly consensus driven) , these developments will be privately funded, fortunately these underground style communities can and are now connecting and share between themselves, especially via the internet... good on em...
and good on you for having a rant, it's your money
Best,